Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... received meaning of the Constitution , and so become a part of the public law . On the public men of this age , therefore , rests a responsi- bility of no ordinary kind . To the friends of rational liberty and popular happiness they ...
... received meaning of the Constitution , and so become a part of the public law . On the public men of this age , therefore , rests a responsi- bility of no ordinary kind . To the friends of rational liberty and popular happiness they ...
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... received the feet of the Pilgrims . We seem even to behold them , as they struggle with the elements , and , with toilsome efforts , gain the shore . We listen to the chiefs in council ; we see the unexampled exhibition of female ...
... received the feet of the Pilgrims . We seem even to behold them , as they struggle with the elements , and , with toilsome efforts , gain the shore . We listen to the chiefs in council ; we see the unexampled exhibition of female ...
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... received from all quarters , assuring them that the cause was a common one , and should be met by common efforts and common sacrifices . The Congress of Massachusetts responded to these assurances ; and in an address to the Congress at ...
... received from all quarters , assuring them that the cause was a common one , and should be met by common efforts and common sacrifices . The Congress of Massachusetts responded to these assurances ; and in an address to the Congress at ...
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... received it in charge from our fathers to cherish your name and your virtues . You will account it an instance of your good for- tune , sir , that you crossed the seas to visit us at a time which ena- bles you to be present at this ...
... received it in charge from our fathers to cherish your name and your virtues . You will account it an instance of your good for- tune , sir , that you crossed the seas to visit us at a time which ena- bles you to be present at this ...
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... received an irregular and violent impulse ; it whirled along with a fearful ce- lerity ; till at length , like the chariot wheels in the races of antiquity , it took fire from the rapidity of its own motion , and blazed onward ...
... received an irregular and violent impulse ; it whirled along with a fearful ce- lerity ; till at length , like the chariot wheels in the races of antiquity , it took fire from the rapidity of its own motion , and blazed onward ...
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